Brett Schreiber, Partner at Singleton Schreiber in San Diego, was recently featured in The Register's article, "Tesla Sued Over Alleged Autopilot Fail in Yet Another Fatal Accident" which covers the recent wrongful death lawsuit filed by Singleton Schreiber against Tesla in California's Contra Costa Superior Court on behalf of Genesis Giovanni Mendoza Martinez's family after his Model S vehicle fatally slammed into a fire truck parked on an interstate highway. Mr. Mendoza's Model S vehicle was operating under Autopilot at the time of the collision.
Mr. Schreiber and Mr. Mendoza's surviving family allege that Tesla's long-term advertising campaigns had misled drivers about the capabilities of Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems, which led to overreliance and a false sense of security.
"Genesis Mendoza's death caused by the failure of Tesla's vision system is yet another example of Tesla overstating and overhyping what its technology can do; knowing full well that it was incapable of identifying and responding to an emergency vehicle flashing lights.
Rather than taking the responsible step of recalling these vehicles, Tesla simply pushed an over the air update," said Mr. Schreiber. "This limited bug fix left tens of thousands of vehicles on the road continuing to suffer from the same defect, putting both Mr. Mendoza, members of the public and emergency first responders needlessly at risk."
The article also provides an overview of prior Tesla FSD incidents, the outcome of those prior Autopilot lawsuits, and Tesla's response to the allegations.
"The time for Tesla to be held accountable is coming," Mr. Schreiber concluded.
